Offer blocks to the end times

"He probably went out," Ishii said casually, then called out to the side, "Mackintosh, give me one too!"

“Yes, Miss Ishii,” the young and pretty proprietress replied, then brought over a glass of wine. “Miss Ishii, are they your partners? I didn’t see them on the bounty poster.”

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"..." Senju wanted to complain. The wanted posters here seemed to be a compliment to everyone. Ishii nodded, "Yeah, they're for our partners, but they just arrived, so they don't have wanted posters yet."

"A wanted poster?" Chito looked up, somewhat confused. She seemed not to have realized what it meant. "Isn't that what the police use to catch bad guys? Ishii, how did you get up there?"

“Chito is so stupid,” Yuri said with a pained expression, then took out a comic book from her pocket, opened it, and showed it to Chito. “Ishii is talking about this kind of wanted poster, not the ones on TV.”

"I, of course I know, I just forgot," Chito stubbornly insisted. Yuri smiled as if she was about to say something, but Chito stuffed a piece of meat into her mouth.

"Waaaaah~" Yuri cried out as she swallowed the piece of meat. "Oh, this meat is so delicious."

"Thank you for the compliment," the proprietress nodded happily. Ishii introduced them, and the two sides got to know each other. Then the four of them ate and chatted together. Although the atmosphere was not very lively, it had a unique warmth.

As the four of them were slowly eating and chatting, a group of people came in noisily from outside. Ishii looked up and said, "That's Shanks. He still has his arm."

"Hmm," Senju nodded as he glanced over there. The red-haired man seemed to have noticed Senju when he came in. When Senju looked over, he raised his glass in acknowledgment, and Senju nodded. That was how they became acquainted.

“What about her? She’s run away,” Thousand fingers pointed to Nico Robin, who had sneaked out the back door. Ishii shook his head and tapped his glasses. “No problem. I’m monitoring everything on this island now, and she can’t go far.”

“I see,” Senju nodded, watching the glint of light flashing behind her glasses. “But we have to go back soon. Are you going to take her back with you?”

“I’m not going back for now,” Ishii said, gently swirling his glass. “There are many things here that I can study. Those Devil Fruits with the power of laws are quite mysterious. Robin can be my assistant.”

"Uh..." Senju didn't know what to say. Could it be that he had already made a replica of this? Although there were still many differences between the replica and the genuine product.

"Have you ever found any Devil Fruits?" Senju looked at Ishii curiously. Since she said that, she must have found some. Ishii nodded. "I found three on the Red Line and I'm studying them now."

"I see," Senju nodded as he looked at the patterned fruit she had taken out. Then, Senju tapped it with his finger to examine it. "The Sour-Sour Fruit, the Flying-Flying Fruit, and the Crystal Fruit, huh? Although they're not very useful, they're quite amazing. They can directly replace the laws of nature of the surrounding matter. By the way, you have Seastone here too, right?"

“Hmm,” Ishii placed a sea-stone shackle on the table, “It possesses a strong concentration of sea laws, capable of preventing the substitution of laws and restoring the replaced laws…”

Senju was analyzing the Devil Fruit and the Seastone when they both grabbed the outstretched hand at the same time. "Yu, you don't actually want to eat this, do you?!"

"This looks delicious! Let me try it!" Yuri pleaded. Ishii glanced at her helplessly. "Yuri, this is a Devil Fruit, the most disgusting thing in the world."

"Huh, is this what they call awful stuff?" Yuri leaned back in surprise. "Haha, I was just kidding, wine and meat are much better!"

"Hey, you guys found a Devil Fruit too?" Shanks, the red-haired man, looked over, twirling a box between his fingers. "We just found one today too."

"Oh, what a coincidence," Senju said speechlessly, looking at the box he was playing with. Inside was the protagonist's Devil Fruit, so she had to handle it with extra care.

However, looking at Shanks's smiling face, Senju suddenly had a mischievous idea. He casually grabbed one and handed it over, "Want a bite?"

"..." This time it was Shanks' turn to be speechless. He casually tossed the box toward the counter, and the box obediently stopped on the counter. "This can't be eaten casually."

“That’s true,” Senju nodded with a smile, then looked at the counter where Luffy was still eating and drinking heartily.

“But Devil Fruits are really interesting,” Senju said, tapping the table, which then turned into a patterned crystal. “If you push it too hard, you can even create a world with a single set of rules. Luckily, we have the ocean as a limiter here.”

"The power of the Crystal Fruit?" Ishii looked on curiously. Senju nodded. "Yes, I analyzed it a little and then I was able to simulate it, but it will still be countered by Seastone."

Senju gestured to the Seastone shackles and tapped them a few times, but the shackles didn't change. However, when Senju tapped the air, a faint crystal appeared there. "It can only be said to be a special law of this world. It can crystallize even space, but it can't crystallize Seastone."

“A spatial crystal,” Ishii casually pointed at the crystal. “That’s why the laws here are so interesting; they’re worth studying.”

“That’s true,” Senju and Ishii then chatted while eating, but those demons…

The fruit had already been put away, because Yuri, who was standing nearby, was always a little curious.

Meanwhile, Shanks and his crew were drinking and having a good time, and the proprietress, Makino, came over to pour drinks, making the atmosphere in the hotel very lively.

Once Robin realized no one was paying attention to her, she secretly slipped away. After all, she had seen the woman and the man whispering to each other, clearly there for her.

However, after running around for a while, she found that there were no ambushes or pursuers around. But after asking around, she realized that she was actually in the East China Sea, when she was in the West China Sea just a few days ago.

Knowing that no one knew him, Robin felt lost. After wandering around the village for a while, he realized that he had nowhere to go. In the end, he could only sit blankly by the sea, looking at the distant waves.

Chapter 1041 The Great Pirate Who Wasn't a Pirate

Meanwhile, in the hotel, Senju was trying to create various Devil Fruits, but at most he could create some kind of power crystal, which could directly grant people great power, but it was still not a Devil Fruit.

Those who obtain this power crystal can directly gain immense power, but their physical essence remains unchanged. They cannot transform external objects, have no growth potential, and do not possess the ability of a Devil Fruit to randomly transfer power to a particular fruit.

However, this also has an advantage that Devil Fruits cannot match, such as Haki crystals and Seastone crystals.

While they were chatting, Shanks ran over and teased Luffy, which made Luffy furious, and the surrounding pirates burst into laughter.

But just then, the hotel door was suddenly kicked open, and a group of strangers walked in. The hotel immediately fell silent. Thousand Hands glanced at them casually and realized they were just a bunch of lowly bandits.

The other party was quite arrogant. They ordered alcohol at the store, but there was no alcohol left at the counter, so they got into a verbal conflict with Shanks and then poured Shanks's alcohol on his head. The Yonko lost all face. However, Shanks's companions were laughing loudly. It was really funny to see an ant provoking an elephant.

However, as the bandits were about to leave, they caught sight of Senju's table, where Yuri had just placed several large bottles of wine.

"Then I'll reluctantly accept this as compensation," the bandit leader said, reaching for the bottle, but Yuri reacted by slapping him, which then smashed through the wall, affecting a group of pirates and bandits nearby. "Don't touch my wine!"

"..." Senju covered her eyes as she looked at the mess around her, then with a flick of her wrist, the broken things around her were turned upside down again. "Sorry, Yuri doesn't like people touching her food."

"Who was that just now?!" The people around swallowed hard. Although the girl was strong, the man who reversed everything was even stronger. Shanks clearly saw several bandits coughing up blood, but he didn't seem to have changed at all.

However, Senju had no interest in this bandit leader. With a flick of his finger, he turned him into a crystal statue. "Alright, move your leader out. He'll be back in an hour."

"Wow!!!" The bandits exclaimed and ran away with their leader, while Luffy shouted from the other side, "Awesome!"

But when everyone turned to look at him, their eyes widened in surprise, because Luffy was there, munching on fruit and shouting, while Shanks' expression changed drastically, "Luffy!!!"

"Spit it out quickly," he said, then lifted Luffy upside down and started shaking him. Luffy, who was still laughing, looked completely bewildered. "Shanks, what are you doing?!"

"Huh?" Luffy was stretched out and his face slammed to the ground. Shanks yelled, "Idiot, you just ate a Devil Fruit! You can't swim after eating this!"

"What?!" Luffy screamed in pain. Shanks, however, wandered around for a while and looked helpless when he saw Luffy completely turn into a rubber man. But then he saw the Senju and his eyes lit up.

"Hello, please help this child and restore him to his original state!" Shanks bowed deeply to Senju, while Luffy, with tears in his eyes, looked at Senju and pleaded, "Please, I still want to be a pirate, I can't be someone who can't swim!"

"Uh," Senju looked at the two speechlessly. It wasn't that he was being disrespectful, but this was Luffy's standard equipment. How could Luffy be called Luffy without his rubber powers?!

Senju tapped Luffy's forehead, analyzed the rubber ability he had collected, and then extended a finger. "Do you really want to get rid of this ability? There are many monsters on the sea. You can't do without becoming a monster. It's the most important help to becoming the Pirate King. And it can be used like this."

Instead of demonstrating the different gears, Senju bulged a rubber ball on his finger. As he shook it, ripples appeared in the surrounding space. This was because Senju had pushed the 'elasticity' of the rubber to its limit and then bounced the space around him.

"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit?!" Shanks' expression changed, but Senju shook his head. "No, it's just a manifestation of rubber power. You can use it like that?"

Senju then transformed a section of space into a thin rubber membrane, instantly pulling a distant pebble closer. He released it, and the pebble sped away, forming a dazzling beam of light. "In short, almost..."

That's about the feeling, isn't it?

"..." Shanks stood there speechless. Don't take advantage of my ignorance! These are clearly not the abilities of the Gum-Gum Fruit! Luffy's eyes lit up. "Wow, amazing! Can I do that too?"

"Of course, as long as you train hard," Senju patted his head, and Luffy shouted excitedly, "Great! I can become the Pirate King too!"

"Who exactly are you?" Shanks looked at Senju with a serious expression, then his eyes swept over Ishii. "You are Ishii, the captain of the Time Pirates, a great pirate with a bounty of one billion!"

"A billion?!" Luffy shouted, while Ishii shook his head slightly, "I'm not a pirate, although I am Ishii."

"..." This time it was Luffy's turn to be speechless, and then he shouted, "I will definitely defeat you and become the Pirate King!"

"???" Ishii looked at him in confusion, while Shanks next to him burst into laughter, "Hahahaha, how funny!"

"Damn it!" Luffy shouted and ran out, seemingly angry that Ishii had said she wasn't a pirate. Senju shrugged on the side, "Looks like this kid has made her choice."

"Sigh, Luffy," Shanks slapped his forehead, looking helplessly at Luffy running away, then sat down at a nearby table. "Who are you? Are you the real leader of the Time Pirates?"

“Well, I just got here,” Senju shrugged. “That pirate crew was set up by Ishii, but she just did it on the side, and none of us have anything to do with pirates.”

"..." Shanks felt his "face-saving fruit" (a metaphor for saving face) wasn't working anymore. How was he supposed to respond after what the other person said? Senju and Ishii exchanged a glance. "Should we show him that?"

“Hmm,” Ishii nodded, and Senju took out a thick comic book. “Here, take a good look at this. If you want to change, then change; if you don’t want to change, then just be a spectator.”

"This is?! ONE PIECE?" Shanks asked curiously, taking it. Senju looked at Chito and Yuri, "Chito, Yuri, are you full? We're going to Ishii's place here now."

“Yes, we’re full,” the two nodded. Then Senju looked at Ishii, made a gesture to the side, and a rift opened up in the space, revealing a towering white tower on the other side. “Oh, and Nico Robin too.”

As Ishii spoke, he reached into the void with his right hand and then pulled Robin over from the beach. "Alright, everyone, come with me. There are many rare and wonderful creatures in this world."

"Is it delicious?!" Yuri asked, her eyes shining. Ishii gave her a helpless look. "Well, you'll know once you try it, but you can't eat Den Den Mushi!"

Chapter 1042 Time and Space

"As expected of the Time Pirates," Shanks remarked with some emotion as he watched the Senju crew break through space and disappear. Makino, standing beside him, was also stunned, nodding along with the others. However, she suddenly realized, "Wait, they haven't paid yet!"

The surrounding pirates were speechless. Someone this strong was actually freeloading? But Shanks patted the comic book, "Anyway, let's take a look at this first. It might be valuable. Let me see... One Piece, Luffy, Luffy?!"

After flipping through a few pages, Shanks exclaimed even more, "As expected of the Time Pirates! I'd only ever heard of places that could transcend the timeline, I never imagined it actually existed. But the manga is quite interesting."

While Shanks was drinking and reading comics, Senju and his crew had already arrived at the base that Ishii had built. Although they hadn't been there long, the base was quite impressive, except that there weren't many scientists, and none of them were well-known.

“I’m currently looking for the Navy’s research base, Punk Hazard,” Ishii said, explaining his idea. “Once I find it, I’ll go in first to see what their research is about, and then I’ll start recruiting.”

“This plan is not bad,” Senju nodded. “There are quite a few brilliant scientists here. I even got Orochimaru to build a research institute over there, which can be recycled later.”

“Yes, there are many famous scientists in each world,” Ishii nodded. “Well, there are also many mad scientists among them. If you put them together, who knows what they might come up with.”

“That’s true,” Senju nodded. “But if you like it, go ahead and do it. After all, even long lives need some fun. I have something suitable for you here.”

As she spoke, Senju gave Ishii a small world containing a planet, saying, "A laboratory world can be built inside. As long as you control this hub, you can control the changes inside at will."

“Hmm, this is not bad, I like it very much,” Ishii kissed Senju, and then the group arrived at the gate of the White Tower. “Next is to obtain the coordinates of the space universe, but Senju, Yuri, we will have to wait a few days to go back.”

“It’s alright, it’s alright. We’re just looking around. I heard Whole Cake Island is really interesting, so we’re planning to go check it out,” Yuri said casually. Senju nodded in agreement. “That’s right. I heard it’s all food there. It must be amazing.”

"..." Robin, who had been silently following beside her, was speechless. Although she was only a teenager, she knew of the Four Emperors' reputation, but now they actually wanted to go there.

While traveling, and with the other party seemingly planning to infiltrate the naval research base to recruit scientists, and looking at the white tower in front of her, she no longer had any intention of escaping.

The group then entered a room inside the white tower, which then rapidly rose upwards. Finally, the group arrived at the very top of the white tower, where a constantly twisting and undulating seven-colored sphere of light was located.

"This is the spacetime locator, but we haven't found the target yet, which is why it's so messy," Ishii explained, then looked at Senju. Senju nodded, communicated with the source, and then activated the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, opening a huge spatial gate in front of them.

The lines in the locator next to him seemed to speed up suddenly, then abruptly stopped, forming a stable three-dimensional shape. Ishii nodded, "Not bad, the spatial coordinates have been located. Now we can experiment with the time machine."

"What is this?!" Robin, standing nearby, was stunned by what she saw. She noticed the unusual sight on the other side; the person was clearly a Devil Fruit user.

"By the way, can people go in and out of this passage now?" After Ishii located the coordinates, he began to study the spatial door over there. Senju scratched his head and said, "I haven't tried it. But speaking of which, I think we could put a door here."

As he spoke, Senju took out a teleportation portal and placed it on the spatial gate. This was a divine artifact that Senju had obtained from Eris before, but Senju only remembered it now.

However, when Senju released control of the portal, the portal began to creak, then cracks appeared, and then it suddenly shattered.

“Looks like this won’t work,” Senju shook his head and threw the debris surrounding the sphere into the surrounding sea. “It would probably be able to hold up if we could upgrade it.”

“Speaking of which, I’m reminded of the Door-Door Fruit. It’s a pity that it will take some time before it appears,” Ishii shook his head in disappointment. Senju, on the other hand, didn’t seem to care much. “Well, maybe we’ll run into it someday. Besides, I know a little about the laws of doors, so I can modify a portal.”

While Senju was working hard to upgrade the portal, Chito was talking to Robin, "Hey, you're Nico Robin, right? Do you know where that island full of books is?"

“No, I don’t know,” Robin shook her head violently, then looked at Chihiro warily. Yuri, on the other hand, stared intently at Robin. “Ah, Chihiro, I saw it! She said it was in a place called Ohara in the West Blue. But where is the West Blue? And what is the compass?”